(MOJAVE, CA)---The dream of returning humans to the Moon---this time to stay--- is alive and well in a magnificently diverse team of space enthusiasts, artists, engineers, students, and explorers called SYNERGY MOON, the latest entrant in the Google Lunar X PRIZE. SYNERGY MOON is an international scientific consortium comprised of 48 members from 15 countries. The current team arose from a collaboration of three organizations: private-sector space promoter InterPlanetary Ventures (IPV); the multinational Human Synergy Project (HSP); and launch service provider/lunar lander developer Interorbital Systems (IOS) of Mojave, California. Team sponsor eSpaceTickets.com, the worldâ€™s oldest space tourism contest organization, has signed on to support the SYNERGY MOON project with a series of sustaining sponsorship and funding programs.

â€œThe Google Lunar X PRIZE is meant to open the field of lunar exploration to a global community of inventors, explorers, and entrepreneurs,â€